Disinfecting device



A. P. BECK. DISINFBGTING. DEVICE.

Patented May 24, 1892.

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ALBERT P. BECK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DISINFECTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,431, dated May 24,1892.

Application filed May l. 1890. Serial No. 350,249. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERT P. BECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland,

such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to a device for automatically supplying anddispensing a disinfecting or deodorizing fluid; and it consists in thecombination and arrangement of'parts hereinafter described,andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l represents an elevation of the device, thestop-cock thereof being not shown. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on thecentral vertical line of Fig. l. Fig. 3 isa transverse section on theline x of Fig. l. Fig. 4 represents a modified form of construction ofthe device, shown in central vertical section. Fig. 5 is a transversesection .of the device shown in Fig. 4, taken on the line y y; and Fig.6 is a detached view of the clip for compressing the wick.

The device consists of a chamber A, of any desired form, for holding thedisinfecting fluid, which chamber is provided with lugs a or equivalentmeans for fastening it securely in place to prevent its being removed ordisarranged accidentally or by mischievous or meddlesome persons and toavoid the necessity of placing it where it will become befouled in use.In the chamber A or its wall is formed a tube or channel b, whose upperend is open wit-hin the chamber, and its lower end opens on theexterior, and preferably at the bottom of the chamber A and Within achamber B, forming the upper or funnel-like end of a conducting-tube c,by which the disinfecting fluid is conveyed to the precise point atwhich it is to be applied. A Wick cl-passes through the channel h anddepends from the top thereof to the bottom of the fluid-contaihingchamber A.

To accomplish the best results, the deodorizing or disinfecting fluidshould be supplied continuously in small quantity, which prevents theodor of the fluid from becoming ,effiuvia to be overcome.

noticeable, while at the same time enabling it to act more energeticallyupon the noxious The wick by which the fluid in the chamber A is drawnup and conveyed down the channel b delivers the fluid in successivedrops into the chamber B, whence it trickles along the delivery-tube cto the point of application, and by more or less compressing the wickthe speed with which the fluid is discharged may be very exactlyregulated, and when once adjusted remains constant. To effect thiscompression of the wick,I place upon the Wick at the point where itemerges from the channel b a spring-clip e, adapted to compress the wickagainst the Wall of the channel b, as shown in Eig. 2, and by forcingthe clip more or less over the Wick any desired degree of compression isobtained. Instead of forming the channel b in the substance of thechamber A or as a separate tube affixed therein a simpler and cheapermethod of forming the channel is shown in Eig. 4, in' which the channelfor the wick is formed by a simple groove in the outer surface of thefluid-containing chamber, extending from the top to the bottom thereof,and the chamber B is made long enough to allow the fluid-chamber A to beinserted therein, closely fitting within it and resting on thecontracted lower part thereof, the groove thus forming a channel betweenthe two vessels.

It is often desirable to stop the flow of the disinfecting fluid for atime without removing the device or emptying it of its contentsas, forinstance, while making repairs to closets, dac., or during vacation ofschools. For such purpose I provide a stop-cock g in the tube c,preferably just below the chamber B, as shown in Fig. 5, and this cockmay be adjusted to pass the fluid drop by drop, by which means anyaccumulation of the fluid above the stop-cock while the latter is closedwill be prevented from escaping too rapidly and wasting when the cock isopened.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a disinfecting device, the combination, with a fluid-containingchamber A, having a tube or channel b, of a wick d, a means forcompressing said wick, receiving-chamber B, closed to the external airand into which the wick channel opens, a conducting-tube c, con- IOCnected to said chamber for conveying the fluid said chamber and providedwith a stop-cock therefrom to the point of application, and a g toregulate or suppress the How of luid,submeans in said cond uetin g-tubeto regulate or stantially as shown and described.

suppress the iowof fluid therefrom, subst'an- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signaturein 5 Lially as shown and described. presence of twoWitnesses,

2. In a disinfeeting device, the combina- ALBERT P' BECK tion of afluid-containing chamber A, having lugs a, tube or channel l), Wick d,spring-clip Witnesses:

e for compressing said wick, receiving-chaln- WVM. JOHNS, Jr., :o ber D,and a conducting-tube c, connected to LORIN PRENTISS.

